Financial Analyst

AccruePartners; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners is seeking a Manufacturing Finance & FP&A professional to support budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across a 12-site North American manufacturing footprint. You will partner with plant operations to understand cost drivers and translate financial data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities include production and cost planning, variance analysis, and KPI reporting, with exposure to senior finance leadership and opportunities to influence capital projects and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field.
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, standard costing, and manufacturing operations.
• Hands-on experience analyzing manufacturing variances across material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, volume, and mix.
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reporting.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into actionable operational insights.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of budgeting, rolling forecasts, and production/cost planning across the organization.
• Provide financial insight into production performance, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, cost trends, and pricing analysis.
• Develop and maintain monthly financial reports, dashboards, and KPI packages for leadership.
• Collaborate with plant operations and finance to identify root causes of variances and opportunities for cost reduction.
• Support capital project ROI analysis and cost-saving initiatives across multiple plants.

Skills

Financial analysis

Cost accounting

FP&A

Excel

Power BI

Manufacturing operations

Budgeting

Forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree (Finance/Accounting/Business/Economics)

Tools

SAGE

Tableau

Power BI

Job description

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOINING

• A lean, collaborative Finance & Accounting organization supporting a 12-site manufacturing footprint across the U.S. and Canada
• A finance team that works closely with plant operations to understand the financial drivers behind manufacturing performance
• A role reporting directly to the Finance Manager with regular interaction across finance, accounting, and operations
• A collaborative environment where finance and accounting work together and support one another across responsibilities when needed
• Direct exposure to the CFO, Finance Manager, Accounting Manager, and plant leadership across the organization
• An opportunity to support multiple manufacturing locations rather than being dedicated to the financial performance of a single plant
• A team that expects finance to understand what is happening operationally and translate that activity into meaningful financial insight
• An opening created as the person currently in the position transitions into another role within the organization

LOCATION

• Primarily remote
• Corporate office located in Charlotte, NC, with occasional office presence possible for Charlotte-area employees around month-end or leadership visits

What They Offer You

• Broad exposure across a 12-site North American manufacturing organization rather than responsibility for a single facility
• The opportunity to combine manufacturing finance, cost accounting, and FP&A within one position
• Direct partnership with plant operations around production performance, cost drivers, productivity, and profitability
• Exposure to senior finance leadership, including the Finance Manager and CFO
• Ownership of meaningful budgeting, forecasting, cost analysis, and operational reporting responsibilities
• The opportunity to work with Power BI as the organization continues developing its financial reporting and KPI capabilities
• Exposure to capital investment analysis, cost-saving initiatives, and other projects that directly impact operational decision-making
• A primarily remote environment with the ability to work across geographically dispersed manufacturing operations

WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT

• This position serves as an important connection between corporate finance and plant operations, helping leadership understand what is driving financial performance across the manufacturing network
• A major focus will be analyzing manufacturing performance across material usage, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, volume, mix, and other cost drivers
• Partner closely with operations to uncover the root causes behind variances and identify opportunities to improve cost, productivity, and profitability
• Take an active role in plant-level budgeting, rolling forecasts, and production and cost planning across the organization
• Provide financial insight into production performance, labor efficiency, overhead absorption, cost trends, new product costing, and pricing analysis
• Monthly financial reporting, dashboards, performance summaries, and KPIs will provide leadership with greater visibility into plant performance
• Cost-reduction and process-improvement initiatives will create opportunities to evaluate financial impact and support capital projects through ROI and payback analysis
• Help strengthen financial models, reporting tools, and ERP data accuracy as the organization continues improving its finance processes
• Month-end accounting is not the primary focus, but the role will provide support around accruals, reconciliations, inventory analysis, and manufacturing results when needed
• Ultimately, this is an opportunity to go beyond reporting what happened and become a finance partner who helps operations understand why it happened and what to do next

THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or a related field
• Financial analysis, plant finance, cost accounting, or FP&A experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Strong understanding of cost accounting, standard costing, and manufacturing operations
• Hands-on experience analyzing manufacturing variances, including material, labor, overhead, scrap, yield, volume, and mix
• Understanding of WIP accounting, overhead absorption, inventory, and standard cost maintenance
• Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, financial planning, and performance reporting
• Ability to work directly with plant and operations leaders and translate complex financial information into actionable operational insights
• Experience supporting multiple plants, business units, or manufacturing locations is highly valuable
• Strong Excel skills, including experience working with lookups, pivot tables, and financial data analysis
• Experience working within a manufacturing ERP environment; SAGE experience is a plus
• Power BI experience is valuable, although experience with Tableau or a comparable reporting and visualization platform can translate well
• Previous exposure to month-end activities such as accruals, reconciliations, and inventory analysis is helpful
• Experience evaluating capital projects, ROI, cost-saving initiatives, or operational improvement projects is valuable
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively across finance, accounting, plant leadership, and operations